About this state dashboard

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics provided a special report on state-level final data to CesareanRates.org. These include maternal morbidity cases, maternal conditions and characteristics of labor and delivery not currently accessible in CDC WONDER. Our organization is publishing these alongside national numbers to inform the public, policy makers, public health experts and the obstetric and midwifery community about state-level progress toward Healthy People 2020 goals for childbirth.

Defined by the World Health Organization Maternal Morbidity Working Group (MMWG), 2013.

Maternal Morbidity, CT, 2016

All births: 36,015

Maternal transfusion:2

3rd- or 4th-degree perineal laceration: 2

Ruptured uterus: -

Unplanned hysterectomy: 1

Admission to intensive care unit: 1

Unknown: 1,040*

Maternal Morbidity, U.S., 2016

All births: 3,945,875

Maternal transfusion: 11,494

3rd- or 4th-degree perineal laceration: 25,463

Ruptured uterus: 976

Unplanned hysterectomy: 1,342

Admission to intensive care unit: 5,003

Unknown: 5,362

More available on CDC WONDER, including data on age, race and other characteristics.

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*Contact Connecticut State Department of Public Health to ask for better reporting of maternity data: 860-509-8000 | Twitter: @CTDPH